junyper

Fair warning it's a little graphic with nausea/vomitting. I'm more than a year out post op. Lastnight I had 2 pieces of chicken from KFC (it was the crispy kind, i know i know). An hour or so afterward, I took a nap. When I woke up, not sure how long after. I had intense nausea and threw up. It wasn't a lot, there was no blood, it basically looked like my stomach was pretty much empty. Since then my stomach has not been settled and I've been on a slow burn with anxiety about it. The nausea hasn't gone away. It's sort of being held in check w/ some Emetrol so I haven't thrown up since. This is the first time i threw up since before surgery (i really can't remember the last time I threw up). My stomach is currently feeling very sensitive, even to sips of Water. It's not feeling settled and that's just not how it's been in the past. Originally, I thought it was food poisoning but I'm not having diarrhea (at least not yet). I don't have a fever. I'm not used to having such a sensitive stomach and now I've gotten myself a little worked up over the possibilities of complications from the sleeve. Has anyone else had a night of this post op? I haven't been able to sleep well at all and now I'm not sure if it's because I've gotten myself worked up or if there's a problem with my stomach....

I saw the doctor today. He doesn't really know what to make of it either. I've put myself back on protein shakes. Just going to take it easy for a couple days. Thanks for the replies!

For the first 3 weeks post op, i slept about 2 hours a day. I was completely wasted. I thought I was going nuts because no one told me that it was a side effect of the anesthesia and when I said something they all acted like..hmm well that's odd. I was in tears and it seriously affected my recovery. I ended up getting medication for it, it was a drug used as an antidepressant but the off label use was for a good nights sleep. It was a life saver.